NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) – The household of late R&B legend Isaac Hayes introduced on Sunday (August 11) that they’re suing presidential candidate Donald Trump for the unauthorized use of the track “Maintain On, I’m Coming” at his marketing campaign occasions.
Based on paperwork shared on Hayes’ social media accounts, the household is demanding that Trump instantly cease enjoying the track and pay $3 million for its unauthorized use between 2022 and 2024. The lawsuit alleges that the copyright has been infringed 134 instances. “Maintain On, I’m Coming” was written by Hayes for the R&B duo Sam & Dave, and his property owns the rights to the track.
Within the letter, the Hayes household requests that every one movies that includes Trump utilizing the track be eliminated and that Trump’s marketing campaign launch an official assertion acknowledging that the Hayes property has not “licensed, endorsed, or permitted” the usage of the track.
The household additional acknowledged that if these calls for are unmet, they’d “take all authorized motion required to implement the infringed upon mental property rights, together with however not restricted to sending third-party takedown requests and federal litigation.”
Isaac Hayes III, the son of the late musician, additionally shared a press release on social media condemning Trump’s use of his father’s music: “Donald Trump epitomizes an absence of integrity and sophistication, not solely by way of his steady use of my father’s music with out permission but additionally by way of his historical past of sexual abuse in opposition to girls and his racist rhetoric,” “This conduct will not be tolerated, and we’ll take swift motion to place an finish to it.”
Trump’s camp has but to launch a press release.
